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{{Storm active2|name=Hurricane Griel
 
{{Storm active2|name=Hurricane Griel
 
|category=cat5|type=Category 5 major hurricane
 
|category=cat5|type=Category 5 major hurricane
|local time=0200
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|local time=0800
 
|date=June 14
 
|date=June 14
 
|year=2145
 
|year=2145
|location=[http://img224.imageshack.us/my.php?image=forecastmu6.png 13.8&deg;S 2.3&deg;E]<br/>About 1475 km (920 miles) east of [[Puerto Nuevo]], [[Vassfforcia]]
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|location=[http://img224.imageshack.us/my.php?image=forecastmu6.png 13.7&deg;S 1.5&deg;E]<br/>About 1160 km (725 miles) east-northeast of [[Puerto Nuevo]], [[Vassfforcia]]
|winds=260 km/h (160 mph)
+
|winds=270 km/h (170 mph)
 
|windtype=1-minute sustained
 
|windtype=1-minute sustained
|pressure=903 hPa
+
|pressure=899 hPa
|movement=West at 31 km/h (20 mph)
+
|movement=WNW at 41 km/h (26 mph)
 
|advisory=latest}}
 
|advisory=latest}}
 
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  4510 TCWC HPCOR
 
  4510 TCWC HPCOR
  HURRICANE GRIEL (4510) ADVISORY 014
+
  HURRICANE GRIEL (4510) ADVISORY 015
 
  [[Liverpool England|LIVERPOOL ENGLAND]] [[Liverpool England Meteorological Service|MET SERV HURRICANE PREDICTION CENTRE]]
 
  [[Liverpool England|LIVERPOOL ENGLAND]] [[Liverpool England Meteorological Service|MET SERV HURRICANE PREDICTION CENTRE]]
 
  MSHPC HEADQUARTERS OREAN
 
  MSHPC HEADQUARTERS OREAN
  1 AM PAX... 3 AM HPT... 2 AM LOCAL TIME JUN 14 2145
+
  7 AM PAX... 9 AM HPT... 8 AM LOCAL TIME JUN 14 2145
 
   
 
   
  AFLE AIRCRAFT FINDS CENTRE OF GRIEL TO THE LEFT/WEST OF EXPECTED
+
  MORE INFORMATION COMING IN FROM AFLE AIRCRAFT...
  POSITION... A DROPSONDE MEASURED 140-KNOT WINDS AND THIS MAY NOT
+
GRIEL'S NEW MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE CRACKS THE 900 HPA LEVEL...
  EVEN BE REPRESENTATIVE AS THIS MEASUREMENT WAS NOT TAKEN FROM
+
  GRIEL NOW STRONGER THAN EVER BEFORE... ALTHOUGH A SLOW WEAKENING
THE CENTRE...
+
  SHOULD BEGIN SOON...
 
   
 
   
  IN SUMMARY... GRIEL IS CLOSER TO VASSFFORCIA THAN THOUGHT... AND
+
  GRIEL IS EVEN FURTHER WEST THAN PREVIOUSLY EXPECTED.
IS NOW A VERY DANGEROUS CATEGORY FIVE HURRICANE... THE FIRST
+
CATEGORY FIVE HURRICANE OR CYCLONE THAT THE LIVERPOOL ENGLAND
+
MET SERVICE HAS HAD TO WARN ON SINCE HURRICANE SANDRA IN 2139...
+
 
   
 
   
  A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE COAST OF
+
  THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING PREVIOUSLY IN EFFECT FOR THE COAST OF
 
  MONTAURA FROM PRUBDABLIA SOUTHWARD TO THE EDGE OF THE HURRICANE
 
  MONTAURA FROM PRUBDABLIA SOUTHWARD TO THE EDGE OF THE HURRICANE
  WARNING AREA.
+
  WARNING AREA HAS BEEN UPGRADED TO A HURRICANE WARNING.
 
   
 
   
  A HURRICANE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTHERN MONTAURA
+
  A HURRICANE WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR THE ENTIRE EASTERN
  COAST... CIUDAD ESTADIO DE PUERTO NUEVO ... AS WELL AS THE NORTHERN
+
  COAST OF VASSFFORCIA FROM PRUBDABLIA SOUTHWARD TO THE CAPE OF
  IBPORTIA COAST NEAR THE CAPE.
+
  IBPORTIA.
 
   
 
   
  TROPICAL STORM WARNINGS MEAN THAT TROPICAL STORM-FORCE WINDS ARE
+
  HURRICANE WARNINGS MEAN THAT HURRICANE-FORCE WINDS ARE EXPECTED IN
EXPECTED IN THE WARNING AREA WITHIN 24 HOURS. PREPARATIONS TO
+
  THE WARNING AREA WITHIN 24 HOURS. ALL PREPARATIONS TO LIMIT DAMAGE
  LIMIT DAMAGE AND LOSS OF LIFE SHOULD BE SPED UP. HURRICANE WARNINGS
+
AND LOSS OF LIFE SHOULD BE COMPLETE.
MEAN THAT HURRICANE-FORCE WINDS ARE EXPECTED IN THE WARNING AREA
+
WITHIN 24 HOURS. ALL PREPARATIONS TO LIMIT DAMAGE AND LOSS OF LIFE
+
SHOULD BE COMPLETE.
+
 
   
 
   
  WITH THE FINDINGS OF THE AFLE AIRCRAFT... THIS HAS GOTTEN MORE
+
  THE INITIAL MOTION REMAINS DIFFICULT TO JUDGE WITH THE RELOCATION OF
  COMPLICATED. AS WITH ANY LARGE SYSTEM... EYEWALL REPLACEMENT CYCLES
+
GRIEL'S CENTRE. I AM GOING WITH TENTATIVELY 290/22... WEST-NORTHWEST
  ARE POSSIBLE... ESPECIALLY WHEN THE CYCLONE HAS REACHED THE HIGHER
+
  AT 22 KNOTS. ON THIS FORECAST TRACK... I HAVE HAD TO UPGRADE THE
ECHLEONS OF THE INTENSITY SCALE.
+
  TROPICAL STORM WARNINGS FOR PRUBDABLIA TO HURRICANE WARNINGS. THIS
 +
MAY MEAN THAT EMERGENCY EVACUATIONS MAY BE NECESSARY FOR PRUBDABLIA
 +
... IT IS LIKELY THE CITY WILL GET THE WINDS OF A CAT 2 HURRICANE.
 
   
 
   
  THE INITIAL INTENSITY IS SET AT 140 KNOTS... CATEGORY 5... BASED ON
+
  GRIEL IS A VERY DANGEROUS HURRICANE WITH THE POWER TO KILL. GRIEL'S
THE DROPSONDE... WHICH ALSO MEASURED A PRESSURE OF ABOUT 907 HPA.
+
  TROPICAL STORM-FORCE WINDS WILL START TO LASH THE WARNING AREAS
  ASSUMING THAT THIS DROPSONDE DID NOT CAPTURE THE FULL STRENGTH... IT
+
  WITHIN THE NEXT 6 HOURS OR SO.
  WAS NOT TAKEN FROM THE CENTRE... THE MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE FOR THIS
+
ADVISORY IS SET AT 903 HPA.
+
 
   
 
   
THE INITIAL MOTION IS ALSO COMPLICATED DUE TO THE LARGE SIZE OF GRIEL.
+
  AT 9 AM HPT HURRICANE GRIEL WAS CENTRED NEAR LATITUDE 13.7 SOUTH
SINCE THE AIRCRAFT FOUND THE CENTRE TO THE WEST OF WHAT WAS EXPECTED...
+
  LONGITUDE 1.5 EAST... OR ABOUT 1160 KM... 725 MILES EAST-NORTHEAST
I WILL BE GOING WITH A TENTATIVE 285/17... WEST AT 17 KNOTS.
+
OF PUERTO NUEVO VASSFFORCIA. I AM HOPING THAT THIS HURRICANE CHANGES
+
TRACK AND HEADS BACK SOUTH TOWARDS THE NOW-FULLY-EVACUATED PUERTO
GRIEL IS A VERY DANGEROUS HURRICANE WITH THE POWER TO KILL. ALREADY
+
  NUEVO... RATHER THAN TARGET A NON-EVACUATED AREA DUE TO THE DIFFICULTIES
30 INDIRECT DEATHS HAVE BEEN REPORTED FROM GRIEL DUE TO EVACUATIONS.
+
IN FORECASTING THIS STORM. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE INCREASED TO NEAR
GRIEL'S TROPICAL STORM-FORCE WINDS WILL START TO LASH THE WARNING AREAS
+
  270 KM/H... 170 MPH... WITH HIGHER GUSTS. GRIEL IS NOW A DANGEROUS
WITHIN THE NEXT 12 HOURS OR SO.
+
+
  AT 3 AM HPT HURRICANE GRIEL WAS CENTRED NEAR LATITUDE 13.8 SOUTH
+
  LONGITUDE 2.3 EAST... OR ABOUT 1475 KM... 920 MILES EAST OF PUERTO
+
  NUEVO VASSFFORCIA. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE INCREASED TO NEAR
+
  260 KM/H... 160 MPH... WITH HIGHER GUSTS. GRIEL IS NOW A DANGEROUS
+
 
  CATEGORY FIVE HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON HURRICANE SCALE...
 
  CATEGORY FIVE HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON HURRICANE SCALE...
  AND FURTHER STRENGTHENING IS POSSIBLE. THE SYSTEM IS MOVING WEST AT
+
  BUT SOME WEAKENING SHOULD BEGIN SOON. THE SYSTEM IS MOVING WEST-NORTHWEST
  31 KM/H OR 20 MPH... MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 903 HECTOPASCALS OR MBAR.
+
  AT 41 KM/H OR 26 MPH... MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 899 HECTOPASCALS OR
LANDFALL IS EXPECTED... NOW WITHIN 36 HOURS.  
+
MBAR. LANDFALL IS EXPECTED... NOW WITHIN 24 HOURS.  
 
   
 
   
AN AIR FORCE (AFLE) RECONNAISANCE AIRCRAFT IS CURRENTLY INVESTIGATING
+
  GRIEL REMAINS A LARGE SYSTEM... TROPICAL STORM-FORCE WINDS CURRENTLY EXTEND
THIS SYSTEM. MORE INFORMATION... INCLUDING A POSSIBLE INTENSITY OR
+
LOCATION CHANGE... COULD BE MADE KNOWN IN A SPECIAL UPDATE... OR BY
+
THE NEXT ADVISORY.
+
+
  GRIEL IS A LARGE SYSTEM... TROPICAL STORM-FORCE WINDS CURRENTLY EXTEND
+
 
  OUTWARD UP TO 610 KM... 380 MILES... FROM THE CENTRE... MAINLY TO THE
 
  OUTWARD UP TO 610 KM... 380 MILES... FROM THE CENTRE... MAINLY TO THE
 
  WEST AND NORTH...  WHILE HURRICANE-FORCE WINDS CURRENTLY EXTEND OUTWARD
 
  WEST AND NORTH...  WHILE HURRICANE-FORCE WINDS CURRENTLY EXTEND OUTWARD
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  OFFICIAL FORECAST
 
  OFFICIAL FORECAST
  INITIAL TIME IS 14/0300H... ALL TIMES HPT
+
  INITIAL TIME IS 14/0900H... ALL TIMES HPT
   INITIAL... 13.8 S 02.3 E...140 KT... CAT 5
+
   INITIAL... 13.7 S 01.5 E...145 KT... CAT 5
  14/0900H... 13.8 S 01.5 E...145 KT  
+
  14/1500H... 13.8 S 00.5 E...140 KT
  14/1500H... 13.8 S 00.5 E...150 KT <!-- 14/2100H... 13.7 S 00.5 W...150 KT -->
+
  14/2100H... 13.7 S 00.5 W...130 KT <!-- 15/0300H... 13.6 S 01.6 W...120 KT -->
15/0300H... 13.6 S 01.6 W...135 KT <!-- 15/0900H... 13.6 S 02.5 W...110 KT... CAT 3 NEAR LANDFALL -->
+
15/0900H... 13.6 S 02.5 W...105 KT... CAT 3 NEAR LANDFALL <!-- 15/1500H... 13.4 S 00.3 W... 55 KT...INLAND/EXTRATROPICAL/BECOMING ABSORBED -->
15/1500H... 13.4 S 00.3 W... 55 KT...INLAND/EXTRATROPICAL/BECOMING ABSORBED <!-- 15/2100H... 13.1 S 03.7 W... 45 KT... INLAND/EXTRATROPICAL -->
+
15/2100H...ABSORBED BY LARGER SYSTEM
  16/0300H...ABSORBED
+
   
 +
IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT THERE IS VERY VERY LITTLE CONFIDENCE IN THIS FORECAST.
 
   
 
   
  REPEATING THE 3 AM HPT POSITION... 13.8 SOUTH 2.3 EAST. MAXIMUM
+
  REPEATING THE 9 AM HPT POSITION... 13.7 SOUTH 1.5 EAST. MAXIMUM
  SUSTAINED WINDS NEAR 260 KM/H... HIGHER GUSTS. MINIMUM CENTRAL
+
  SUSTAINED WINDS NEAR 270 KM/H... HIGHER GUSTS. MINIMUM CENTRAL
  PRESSURE 903 HPA... MOVING WEST AT 31 KM/H.
+
  PRESSURE 899 HPA... MOVING WEST-NORTHWEST AT 41 KM/H.
 
   
 
   
  THE NEXT FULL ADVISORY ON THIS SYSTEM WILL BE ISSUED AT 9 AM HPT...
+
  THE NEXT FULL ADVISORY ON THIS SYSTEM WILL BE ISSUED AT 3 PM HPT.
WITH AN ADVISORY UPDATE IF NECESSARY BEFORE THEN.
+
 
   
 
   
  FORECASTER HUNTER
+
  FORECASTERS HUNTER/JOHNS
 
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  ITGV1 TCWC HPCOR
 
  ITGV1 TCWC HPCOR
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  ***EMERGENCY***
 
  ***EMERGENCY***
  A RECONNAISANCE AIRCRAFT FINDS GRIEL IN AN UNEXPECTED POSITION...
+
  RECONNAISANCE AIRCRAFT FINDS GRIEL IN AN UNEXPECTED POSITION...
  LANDFALL NOW WITHIN 36 HOURS.
+
  LANDFALL NOW WITHIN 24 HOURS.
 
   
 
   
  ALL EMERGENCY SUPPLIES SHOULD BE STOCKED UP. ALL EVACUATIONS HAVE
+
  GRIEL HAS TAKEN A TURN TO THE WEST-NORTHWEST AND IS NOW HEADING
TO BE COMPLETE WITHIN 12 HOURS DUE TO THE SIZE OF THIS STORM. BEYOND
+
  FOR SOUTHEASTERN LETÍA/MONTAURA CAPE. ON THIS NEW FORECAST TRACK...
  12 HOURS TROPICAL STORM-FORCE... AND POSSIBLY EVEN HURRICANE-FORCE...
+
PRUBDABLIA WILL ALSO RECEIVE HURRICANE-FORCE WINDS AND NOT JUST
  WINDS AND CONDITIONS WILL BEGIN. AT WHICH POINT... ALL EVACUATIONS
+
  TROPICAL STORM-FORCE WINDS. THEREFORE... A HURRICANE WARNING HAS
  SHOULD STOP AT ONCE AND AN APPROPRIATE SHELTER BE FOUND.
+
  BEEN ISSUED FOR PRUBDABLIA... UP FROM A TROPICAL STORM WARNING.
 
   
 
   
  WINDSPEEDS OF UP TO 190 KM/H SHOULD BE EXPECTED DURING LANDFALL.
+
  IT IS MY PERSONAL HOPE THAT THIS HURRICANE THROWS UP ONE MORE
  CIUDAD ESTADIO/PUERTO NUEVO SHOULD BE FULLY EVACUATED.
+
SURPRISE AND TURNS BACK MORE TO THE SOUTH AND MAKES LANDFALL IN
 +
  THE ALREADY-EMPTY CITY OF PUERTO NUEVO... RATHER THAN CAUSING
 +
HURRICANE-FORCE WINDS ELSEWHERE.
 
   
 
   
  INLAND... A NEW WEATHER SYSTEM PUSHING IN FROM DASHAKE TO THE
+
  REGARDLESS... IT IS NOW ALMOST TOO LATE TO EVACUATE. THE WINDOW
  SOUTHWEST WILL EVENTUALLY ABSORB GRIEL... SO VASSFORCIA LA
+
  FOR SAFE EVACUATION NOW STANDS AT NINE HOURS. AFTER NINE HOURS...
  SERENÍSIMA SHOULD BE IN THE CLEAR. CITIES AND TOWNS NEAR RIVERS
+
  NO FURTHER EVACUATIONS SHOULD TAKE PLACE AND EVERYONE SHOULD
  SHOULD CONTINUE TO WATCH FOR FLOODS.
+
  CALMLY HUNKER DOWN AND SIT OUT THE STORM.
 
   
 
   
 
  ISSUED BY LIVERPOOL ENGLAND MET SERVICE HURRICANE PREDICTION CENTRE
 
  ISSUED BY LIVERPOOL ENGLAND MET SERVICE HURRICANE PREDICTION CENTRE
 
  DIRECTOR MIKE JOHNS
 
  DIRECTOR MIKE JOHNS
 
  JUNE 14, 2145
 
  JUNE 14, 2145

Revision as of 07:17, 5 October 2006

Current warnings and watches
watchwarnnstd4510fj3.png
Latest storm information
Hurricane Griel
Category 5 major hurricane
As of: 0800 local time June 14, 2145
Location: 13.7°S 1.5°E
About 1160 km (725 miles) east-northeast of Puerto Nuevo, Vassfforcia
Maximum
winds:
270 km/h (170 mph) (1-minute sustained)
Pressure: 899 hPa
Movement: WNW at 41 km/h (26 mph)
See latest advisory below.
Past advisories and discussions available here

4510 TCWC HPCOR
HURRICANE GRIEL (4510) ADVISORY 015
LIVERPOOL ENGLAND MET SERV HURRICANE PREDICTION CENTRE
MSHPC HEADQUARTERS OREAN
7 AM PAX... 9 AM HPT... 8 AM LOCAL TIME JUN 14 2145

MORE INFORMATION COMING IN FROM AFLE AIRCRAFT...
GRIEL'S NEW MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE CRACKS THE 900 HPA LEVEL...
GRIEL NOW STRONGER THAN EVER BEFORE... ALTHOUGH A SLOW WEAKENING
SHOULD BEGIN SOON...

GRIEL IS EVEN FURTHER WEST THAN PREVIOUSLY EXPECTED.

THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING PREVIOUSLY IN EFFECT FOR THE COAST OF
MONTAURA FROM PRUBDABLIA SOUTHWARD TO THE EDGE OF THE HURRICANE
WARNING AREA HAS BEEN UPGRADED TO A HURRICANE WARNING.

A HURRICANE WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR THE ENTIRE EASTERN
COAST OF VASSFFORCIA FROM PRUBDABLIA SOUTHWARD TO THE CAPE OF
IBPORTIA.

HURRICANE WARNINGS MEAN THAT HURRICANE-FORCE WINDS ARE EXPECTED IN
THE WARNING AREA WITHIN 24 HOURS. ALL PREPARATIONS TO LIMIT DAMAGE
AND LOSS OF LIFE SHOULD BE COMPLETE.

THE INITIAL MOTION REMAINS DIFFICULT TO JUDGE WITH THE RELOCATION OF
GRIEL'S CENTRE. I AM GOING WITH TENTATIVELY 290/22... WEST-NORTHWEST
AT 22 KNOTS. ON THIS FORECAST TRACK... I HAVE HAD TO UPGRADE THE
TROPICAL STORM WARNINGS FOR PRUBDABLIA TO HURRICANE WARNINGS. THIS
MAY MEAN THAT EMERGENCY EVACUATIONS MAY BE NECESSARY FOR PRUBDABLIA
... IT IS LIKELY THE CITY WILL GET THE WINDS OF A CAT 2 HURRICANE.

GRIEL IS A VERY DANGEROUS HURRICANE WITH THE POWER TO KILL. GRIEL'S
TROPICAL STORM-FORCE WINDS WILL START TO LASH THE WARNING AREAS
WITHIN THE NEXT 6 HOURS OR SO.

AT 9 AM HPT HURRICANE GRIEL WAS CENTRED NEAR LATITUDE 13.7 SOUTH
LONGITUDE 1.5 EAST... OR ABOUT 1160 KM... 725 MILES EAST-NORTHEAST
OF PUERTO NUEVO VASSFFORCIA. I AM HOPING THAT THIS HURRICANE CHANGES
TRACK AND HEADS BACK SOUTH TOWARDS THE NOW-FULLY-EVACUATED PUERTO
NUEVO... RATHER THAN TARGET A NON-EVACUATED AREA DUE TO THE DIFFICULTIES
IN FORECASTING THIS STORM. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE INCREASED TO NEAR
270 KM/H... 170 MPH... WITH HIGHER GUSTS. GRIEL IS NOW A DANGEROUS
CATEGORY FIVE HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON HURRICANE SCALE...
BUT SOME WEAKENING SHOULD BEGIN SOON. THE SYSTEM IS MOVING WEST-NORTHWEST
AT 41 KM/H OR 26 MPH... MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 899 HECTOPASCALS OR
MBAR. LANDFALL IS EXPECTED... NOW WITHIN 24 HOURS. 

GRIEL REMAINS A LARGE SYSTEM... TROPICAL STORM-FORCE WINDS CURRENTLY EXTEND
OUTWARD UP TO 610 KM... 380 MILES... FROM THE CENTRE... MAINLY TO THE
WEST AND NORTH...  WHILE HURRICANE-FORCE WINDS CURRENTLY EXTEND OUTWARD
UP TO 370 KM... 230 MILES... FROM THE CENTRE.

OFFICIAL FORECAST
INITIAL TIME IS 14/0900H... ALL TIMES HPT
 INITIAL... 13.7 S 01.5 E...145 KT... CAT 5
14/1500H... 13.8 S 00.5 E...140 KT
14/2100H... 13.7 S 00.5 W...130 KT 
15/0900H... 13.6 S 02.5 W...105 KT... CAT 3 NEAR LANDFALL 
15/2100H...ABSORBED BY LARGER SYSTEM

IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT THERE IS VERY VERY LITTLE CONFIDENCE IN THIS FORECAST.

REPEATING THE 9 AM HPT POSITION... 13.7 SOUTH 1.5 EAST. MAXIMUM
SUSTAINED WINDS NEAR 270 KM/H... HIGHER GUSTS. MINIMUM CENTRAL
PRESSURE 899 HPA... MOVING WEST-NORTHWEST AT 41 KM/H.

THE NEXT FULL ADVISORY ON THIS SYSTEM WILL BE ISSUED AT 3 PM HPT.

FORECASTERS HUNTER/JOHNS

ITGV1 TCWC HPCOR
INTERGOVERNMENTAL MESSAGE REGARDING HURRICANE GRIEL (4510)
LIVERPOOL ENGLAND MET SERV HURRICANE PREDICTION CENTRE
MSHPC HEADQUARTERS OREAN

INTERGOVERNMENTAL MESSAGE...
FOR THE GOVERNMENTS OF LIVERPOOL ENGLAND... AND VASSFFORCIA... AS WELL
AS OTHER HEARTLAND GOVERNMENTS CONCERNED ABOUT POTENTIAL IMPACTS OF
HURRICANE GRIEL...

***EMERGENCY***
RECONNAISANCE AIRCRAFT FINDS GRIEL IN AN UNEXPECTED POSITION...
LANDFALL NOW WITHIN 24 HOURS.

GRIEL HAS TAKEN A TURN TO THE WEST-NORTHWEST AND IS NOW HEADING
FOR SOUTHEASTERN LETÍA/MONTAURA CAPE. ON THIS NEW FORECAST TRACK...
PRUBDABLIA WILL ALSO RECEIVE HURRICANE-FORCE WINDS AND NOT JUST
TROPICAL STORM-FORCE WINDS. THEREFORE... A HURRICANE WARNING HAS
BEEN ISSUED FOR PRUBDABLIA... UP FROM A TROPICAL STORM WARNING.

IT IS MY PERSONAL HOPE THAT THIS HURRICANE THROWS UP ONE MORE
SURPRISE AND TURNS BACK MORE TO THE SOUTH AND MAKES LANDFALL IN
THE ALREADY-EMPTY CITY OF PUERTO NUEVO... RATHER THAN CAUSING
HURRICANE-FORCE WINDS ELSEWHERE.

REGARDLESS... IT IS NOW ALMOST TOO LATE TO EVACUATE. THE WINDOW
FOR SAFE EVACUATION NOW STANDS AT NINE HOURS. AFTER NINE HOURS...
NO FURTHER EVACUATIONS SHOULD TAKE PLACE AND EVERYONE SHOULD
CALMLY HUNKER DOWN AND SIT OUT THE STORM.

ISSUED BY LIVERPOOL ENGLAND MET SERVICE HURRICANE PREDICTION CENTRE
DIRECTOR MIKE JOHNS
JUNE 14, 2145